Netflix To Showcase Powerful Female Roles In New Films & Series
With the success of blockbuster “Black Panther,” the critically acclaimed “Mudbound” and the anticipation for Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” black women are set to rule the screens in 2018.
And Netflix helping lead the charge by debuting a slate of new programming starring women of color.
Netflix is dropping about a half dozen new shows, documentaries and films in March (which is Women’s History Month) that speak to the black and brown experience through a woman’s lens. From comedy, to drama – and even a hip hop documentary – Netflix’s new content is reminding viewers that the future is female.
One standout is “First Match,” a story of a Brooklyn girl in foster care who joins the boys’ wrestling team as a way to get connect with her estranged dad.
Hit the flip to check out more March releases from Netflix:
Rapture
An 8-part documentary series featuring Rapsody, T.I., Nas and more, dives into the artists’ lives with their families and friends, to sitting front row in the studio and grinding on tour, to experiencing the ecstatic power of moving the crowd.
On My Block
A light-hearted drama about the “good kids” and their families who are attempting to live their lives in the crime, drug and gang streets of gritty Lynwood, California.
Roxanne Roxanne
At the age of 14, Lolita “Roxanne Shanté” Gooden was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the New York City’s Queensbridge Projects.
Ladies First
The the inspirational story of Deepika Kumari who, as a girl born on the roadside to abject poverty in rural India, went in search of food, stumbled upon archery, and within four years became the number one archer in the World.
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